3040 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo, MI 49006

The special education teacher won't be there in 2023-2024 and I am scared for my child's progress. Students are stuck in front of laptops all day and that is how they learn. The administration in this building is subpar at best. They are probably overloaded with work, but that doesn't excuse them from communicating with parents. There are 3 parents on the PTO and any school events were understaffed and had lack of parent involvement. Parents - engage in your child's learning environment! If you start after the start of the school year, do not expect an orientation or assistance from office staff in understanding procedures or platforms and prepare to be made to feel like you are bothering office staff if you ask for assistance. There was no orientation, no discussion of lunch costs (free for all students by the way), no mention of start/dismissal times, misinformation about buses, judgement from one of the office secretaries on several occasions, chaos & unprofessional attire/interactions in the office frequently, and having a disinterested principal (but absolutely overwhelmed so I try to give grace) doesn't help. The school website is also a mess and the search feature takes you to other school sites in the district. I wanted to like Arcadia, but it left a bad taste in my mouth due to the administration being unorganized, disinterested, and judgemental.

Certain teachers at KCHS are very pushy about their politics. School should be about learning and growing. In order to do that topics need to be discussed and debated in a fair and mediated way. That does not happen here. This schools focus seems to be only to get kids to do better on state tests and "prepare" them for college, which, by the numbers, they fail at. It's very disheartening to talk to my child about school and learn that it has only gotten worse since I attended high school here 20 years ago. If your child is going to succeed here you as a parent will have to be more heavily involved in talking with your student about topics the school deem unimportant. Overall I would say the lack of an actual education is NOT made up for by the Kalamazoo Promise. Your child would be better served at a better school and then having to find a way to fund their own college education. If I could go back a do it over my child would not be at any KPS school.

I mean leik its okay. Teachers r gud and I learn suff.